Railway construction



A. K. ORZUCHOWSKI.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED 0507,1921.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922. F G 1 2 SHEETS/:SHEET 1.

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A. K. ORZUGHOWSKI.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.7,192I- IatentedFeb. 14, 1922.

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NITED s'rArEs ADAM KI onancrrowsxr, on

PATENT orr cefi ELLIS ISLAND, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY cons'rauc'rron.

/ Specification of Letters latent. t t 1922.

' 'Application filed December 7, 1921. Serial No. 520,56);

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM K. OBZUOHOW- SKI, a citizen of Poland, residing at Ellis Island, in the county of New York and State p lo of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements ,in Railway Constructions, of which the following'is'a specification. 1 p

This inventionrelates to certain new and useful improvements in railway construc- -t1on's and has particular reference to the '1m 7 .proved' cooperative construction of railway bination andarran ement of parts hereinafter more fullyescribed 'in connectionf with the accompanying drawings and' in which like charactersof. reference indicatev similar parts throughout the views.

In the drawings, I Figure 1' is a fragmentary view partly in top plan and section and partly broken away" of a'railway constructed. in accordance with the present invention, f

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially upon line'II--II of Fig- Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevations-1 1 view of a portion of the device shown in Figure 1 with an additional .tie at one side 7 of the joint shOWn in Figure 1, I

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the rail sections employed in railway construction according to the pres ent invention,-and a Figure 5 is a perspective'view of one of the ties employed in Figure 1. y Referring more in detail to theseve'ra'lf views, the present invention, in its preferred embodiment consists in placing a plurality of rail sections 5 in end 'to end relation and forming eachof said rail sections within: tdrmediate base flanges 6 having the ends of the same oppositely tapered as clearlyshown" inFigures 1 and 4:, the flanges 6 being spaced fromend base flanges f the rail section as at 8 and the flanges 7 being tapered at their inner portions in a directlon opposite] 'to the taper of the adjacentends of the I ma be tiahly' I V flanges 6 and the spaces as at 8 between the flanges (Sand 7 being greater in size'than the wldths of the cross ties 9 which are emed' inthe construction. ne base flange 7 of each rail-section at each end-of theflatter is laterally enlariged as at lilandthis enlargement at one en the rail section; is providedwitha dove-tail tongue or-;pro e ct1o'n 11 while the lateral enlargement ltl atlthe other end of the rail is provided withagcom lemental dove-tailrecess.12 (see Fi ure -1 so. that whenithe rail sections are isposed in proper end to end relation, the tongue 11 of .each rail section will interlockingl engage in the recess '12- of the adjacent rail section for efi'ectively holding said rail sections in abutting rela- .tionas well asin proper alinement.

" The. ties 9 may be of either metallic or wooden construction'and'each of "said ties is provided with transverse undercut recesses at the ends of the isame as at- 13', which recesses are of 'corre'sponding tapered form i10 the tapering. 'ends of h flahges 6 and 7while the entrance slots of said undercut recesses or'grooves13 are of such size as to snugly receive the web portion of the rail section so that whenthe ties are positioned as indicated'by dottedlineshin Figure 1 coincident with the spaces 8, said ties may he slid ineither direction as indicated by the arrow wfor engaging the flanges 6 or 7 and until the tiesare wedged in tight e'ngagement with said flanges for securely holding the rail sections to the ties. In order to additionally guard against accidental movement of the ties 'in*'a direction to disengage from the flanges 6 or 7, the portions of the walls of the grooves or undercut recesses- 13 which engage the edges of the flangesfi and -7 may be roughened or transverselygcorrugated asf'at' 14 and the ties 9 provided with longitudinal substan- -shaped' ribs 15', substantially centrally :of their bottom faces'forengagement with theiroadbed so as to effectively prevent such. shifting ofthe' ties as wouldcause disengagement of the same from the flanges s ii r V In' order to prevent accidental disengage ment of the dove-tailftongues 11 from the recesses 12'by"'relative vertical dis lacement of the connected rail ends, a flirt er. tie of special form'- asindicated'bythe numeral 16 is employedjateach rail joint. ",Thes'e ties each are 0f substantially the same construgs 7 tion as the ties 9 except thattheundercut recesses of the same are formed larger in order to accommodate the enlargements 10 so as to provide a portion of the tie overlying each tongue and groove 11 and 12 for holding the connected portions 10 in the same horizontal plane. The undercut recesses of the ties 16 may have their walls roughened similar to the ties'9.

The ties 16 are also illustrated. with bottom V-shaped ribs 16 adapted to engage the roadbed for preventing shifting of these ties. I

In operation, the required number of tles are slid onto the flanges 6 and 7 of each pair of rail sections by initially positioning the same as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1 and with one tie 16 located thereon for the joint with the next succeeding pair of rails. Said next succeeding pair of rails are then interlocked with the first by means of the dove-tail tongues and grooves 11 and 12 and the tie 16 is then slid to cover this dove-tail joint as shown in Figure 1 so that the rails are efl'ective-ly connected.

It will thus be seen that the invention is extremelysimple and embodies construction whereby a railway may be cheaply and quickly constructed without requiring the use of bolts and nuts which have heretofore been found objectionable for various reasons.

It is believed that the construction and operation of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description. Minor changes ma be made) without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed as new is:

1. Railway construction including rail sections each formed with o posite central base flanges having the end of the same oppositel-y'tapreared, end base flanges spaced from the central image and having their inner portions oppositely tapered, an end flange at one end of said rail section being laterally enlarged and provided with a dove-tail tongue and the corresponding end flange at the opposite end of the rail section being provided with a complemental lateral enlargement formed with a dove-tail recess of a form and size to receive said 7 dove-tail tongue.

2. Railway construction including rail sections each formed with opposite central base flanges having the ends of the same oppositely tapered, end base flanges spaced from the central flanges and having their inner portions oppositely tapered, an end flange at one end of said rai section being laterally enlarged and provided with a dove-tail tongue and the corresponding end flange at the opposite end of the rail section being provlded with a complemental lateral enlargement formed with a dove- Railway construction including rail sections each formed with opposite central base flanges having the ends of the same oppositely tapered, end base flanges spaced from the central flanges and having their inner portions oppositely tapered, an end flange at one end of said rail. section being laterally enlarged and provided with a dove-tail tongue and the corresponding end flange at the opposite end of the rail section being provided with a complemental lateral enlargement formed with a dove-tail recess of a form and size to receive said dove-tail tongue,. a rail joint tie having transverse undercut recesses in the ends of the same providing lips adapted to overhang the interlocked tongues and recesses of adjacent pairs of rail sections whereby disengagement of said tongues from said recesses is prevented, and further intermediate cross ties having undercut recesses of tapering form at their ends adapted to be disposed between the adjacent ends of the base flanges of the rail section and slidably wedged onto the tapering portions of said flanges.

4. Railway construction including rail sections each formed with opposite central base flanges having the ends of the same oppositely tapered, end base flanges spaced from the central flanges and having their inner portions oppositely tapered, an end flange at one end of said laterally enlarged and provided with a dove-tail tongue and the corresponding end flange at the opposite end of the rail section being provided with a complemental lateral enlargement formed withXadove-tail recess of a form and size to receive said dove-tail tongue, a rail joint tie having transverse undercut recesses in the ends of the same providing lips adapted to overhang the interlocked tongues and r cesses of adjacent pairs of rail sections w ereby disengagement of said tongues from said recesses is prevented, and further intermediate cross ties having undercut recesses of tapering form at their ends adapted to be disposed between the adjacent ends of the base flanges of the rail section and slidably wedged onto the tapering portions of said flanges.

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5. Railway construction including rail sections each formed with op osite central baseflangeshavingtheends oft esameo positely tapered, end base flanges spaced rom the central flanges and having their .inner portions oppositely tapered, an end flange at one end of said rail section being laterally enlarged and provided with a dove-tail tongue and the corresponding end flange at the opposite end of the rail section being provided with a complemental lateral enlargement formed with a dove-tail recess of a form and size to receive said dove-tail tongue, a rail joint tie having transverse undercut recesses in the ends of the same providing lips adapted to overhang the interlocked tongues and recesses of adjacent pairs of rail sections whereby disengagement of said tongues from sa1d recesses is prevented, and further intermediate cross ties having undercut recesses of tapering form at their ends adapted to be disposed between the adjacent ends of the base flanges of the rail section and slidably wedged onto the tapering portions of said flanges, portions of the walls of the undercut recesses of the ties being adapted toengage the longitudinal edges of said base flanges and being roughened to have antislipping engagement with said flanges when wedged onto the latter, and central longitudinal substantially V-shaped ribs on the under surfaces of said ties arranged to wedge into the roadbed for preventing lateral shifting of said ties.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature.

ADAM K. ORZUC OWSKI. 

